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• Why You Should Never Walk in a Running Shoe—and What to Do Instead

  29-12-2016 22:53
  
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• The 8 Emotional Stages of Going Gray

  29-12-2016 21:47
  
  Stop. Now breathe...
  
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• Gang-ravaged Mexico stuck in weed ban as U.S. opens up

  29-12-2016 21:07
  By Joanna Zuckerman Bernstein MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican advocates for drug reform are voicing alarm about the country's widening gap with the United States on marijuana legislation, as criminal violence surges again south of the border. Tens of thousands have been killed over the years in Mexico, on the front line of a U.S.-led war on drugs. The country's prohibitionist approach to marijuana is increasingly at odds with the United States, where liberalisation is advancing.
  
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• Pacemakers CAN be hacked: US government issues cybersecurity warning over hackers programming bugs in medical devices

  29-12-2016 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The U.S. government on Tuesday issued rules for addressing cyber vulnerabilities in these life-saving medical devices as well as, insulin pumps and imaging systems.
  
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• 7 Ways to Stop Being So Clumsy

  29-12-2016 20:12
  
  You knock over a glass of wine. You tumble trying to put on leggings. You trip up the stairs. Sound familiar? You probably have a clumsy streak. (Jennifer Lawrence, we’re looking at you.) But the good news is you don’t have to resign yourself to a life full of of bruises and stains.Clumsiness is related to a few different factors, including your reaction time, processing speed, and level of concentration, explains Charles “Buz” Swanik, PhD, director of biomechan
  
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• 7 Myths About Your Labia That Are Totally Bogus

  29-12-2016 19:38
  
  Repeat after us, the labia are NOT part of your vagina.
  
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• I tried to kill myself, says former world champion Hatton

  29-12-2016 19:28
  Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton tried to kill himself when he suffered from depression after quitting the ring, the Briton said on Thursday. Hatton, who won titles at light-welterweight and welterweight, retired in 2012 but had already been struggling with depression, drink and drugs. "In the end I thought I'll end up drinking myself to death because I was so miserable." Hatton, who registered 45 wins in 48 bouts, said that even if he did not always drink he still could not cope with d
  
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• Food poisoning alert as salmonella found in Aldi king prawns

  29-12-2016 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Supermarket chain Aldi recalls a king prawn product from its Scottish stores after two batches were found to contain salmonella.
  
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• States face off over future of Obama global warming plan

  29-12-2016 19:18
  Two weeks after officials in two dozen states asked Donald Trump to kill one of President Barack Obama's plans to curb global warming, another group of state officials is urging the president-elect to ...
  
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• Therapy of the terraces | Letters

  29-12-2016 19:13
  
  If Gaby Hinsliff (Self-help works for us as individuals – but as a society we’re failing, 23 December) wants to see at first hand the power of singing together (badly) for passion and the joy of coming together to celebrate, she could do much worse than go to any lower league (or non-league) football match. Even when we’re not playing well, the capacity of being together and singing together to raise the spirits is unequalled. I should mention that the joy is probably greater a
  
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• Marine veteran wiggles his fingers just 4 months after receiving double arm transplant

  29-12-2016 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is barely over four months since 31-year-old John Peck received a double arm transplant, having lost all four limbs to an IED while serving in Afghanistan in 2010.
  
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• Skeleton of starved Stone Age girl reveals she died in pain from tuberculosis

  29-12-2016 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the State Archaeology Office, discovered the skeleton of the young girl in Weimar in the German state of Thuringia.
  
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• Mother dies week after bringing premature triplets home for Christmas

  29-12-2016 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rachel Park, 39, from Whitehaven, in Cumbria, has died just one week after celebrating bringing her premature triplets home for Christmas.
  
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• 'Former Marine wiggles his fingers just 4 months after receiving double arm transplant

  29-12-2016 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is barely over four months since 31-year-old John Peck received a double arm transplant, having lost all four limbs to an IED while serving in Afghanistan in 2010.
  
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• Don't bother dieting in the New Year if you ate loads this Christmas

  29-12-2016 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People who eat lots of processed foods will take longer to lose weight because they have a less diverse range of gut bugs, scientists from Washington University in St Louis found.
  
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• Ariana Grande Just Got REAL About What It’s Like to Be Objectified by Men

  29-12-2016 18:11
  
  “I am not a piece of meat.”
  
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• Why being a couch potato is a vicious cycle: The more inactive you are, the less motivation you have to exercise

  29-12-2016 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Putting on weight can make it harder to exercise, not because someone is heavier, but because it alters their brain's reward pathway, researchers from the US National Institutes of Health found.
  
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• Simone Biles Just Shut Down Her Body Shamers with a Single Tweet

  29-12-2016 17:34
  
  Online haters are trying to ruin her beach vacation.
  
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• With Trump's victory, GOP hopes to overhaul Medicaid

  29-12-2016 17:25
  
  When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, Republicans will have the opportunity to pull off something they have wanted to do for years — overhaul Medicaid, the program that provides health ...
  
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• Don't want your child to have asthma? Then take fish oil supplements in the last few months of pregnancy

  29-12-2016 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Danish researchers found fish oil supplements taken by women after the 24th week of pregnancy helped to reduce the risk of their children developing asthma by almost seven per cent.
  
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• High levels of iron helps to prevent hearing loss study finds

  29-12-2016 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study of more than 300,000 people by researchers at Pennsylvania State University found a link between iron deficiency anaemia and hearing loss.
  
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• Expert Gary Amers shares ten definitive signs that show you are in love

  29-12-2016 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gary Amers, a relationship expert, tells FEMAIL the ten signs to look out for that tell you that you really are in love - and the five signs that prove it's really just lust.
  
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• Gastric bypass keeps weight off but leaves patients with 'indigestion and food intolerance'

  29-12-2016 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch researchers examined 249 extremely obese patients who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, which reduces the stomach to the size of an egg. They all lost weight - but gained indigestion.
  
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• ‘I Masturbated Every Day for a Week—Here’s What Happened’

  29-12-2016 16:36
  
  “I reacquainted myself with our handheld shower head.”
  
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• Legal marijuana sparking rise in bizarre 'cannabis vomiting syndrome'

  29-12-2016 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cannabinoid hypermesis syndrome triggers stomach pain and nausea. The debilitating symptoms can only be alleviated by hot baths. A recent study has seen rates rocket in the US since 2009.
  
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• Old habits die hard. Here’s how to change your life in 2017 | Gretchen Rubin

  29-12-2016 16:08
  
  There’s no one-size-fits-all advice for sticking to New Year resolutions. We’re all different – so make sure you’re tackling changes in a way that suits youIn January, many of us resolve to develop better habits – and that’s a good idea, because habits are the invisible architecture of our existence. We repeat about 40% of our behaviour almost daily, so if we change our habits, we change our lives. Related: What’s your New Year resolution? This can be th
  
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• Old habits die hard. To make it easier, get to know yourself first | Gretchen Rubin

  29-12-2016 16:00
  
  There’s no one-size-fits-all advice for sticking to New Year resolutions. We’re all different – so make sure you’re tackling changes in a way that suits youIn January, many of us resolve to develop better habits – and that’s a good idea, because habits are the invisible architecture of our existence. We repeat about 40% of our behaviour almost daily, so if we change our habits, we change our lives. Related: What’s your New Year resolution? This can be th
  
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• 9 Thoughts We’ve All Had About Our New Year’s Resolutions

  29-12-2016 15:49
  
  “I’m going to crush all my goals! Maybe...”
  
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• Girl may never be able to eaTagain after stomach left paralysed from gastroparesis

  29-12-2016 14:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lily Tock, from Brough, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, has not eaten since January as a result of her gastroparesis. She is forced to rely on tubes to feed her essential fats and oils her body can't absorb.
  
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• 'Alarmingly high' rates of cancer patients needlessly having both breasts removed

  29-12-2016 14:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A double mastectomy -underwent by Angelina Jolie in May 2013 - may protect those at risk of breast cancer. But it may not always be necessary, Michigan University researchers say.
  
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• Prague's Charles University scientists reveal types of breasts men really prefer

  29-12-2016 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Charles University in Prague found that men prefer shapely, perkier boobs, such as those of Jennifer Lawrence, to those that are the largest, and sag with gravity.
  
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• UK-funded drone deliveries aim to save mothers, babies in Tanzania

  29-12-2016 13:46
  By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Drones delivering blood and medicine to rural areas of Tanzania could help to save the lives of many mothers and newborn babies in a country where one of the biggest causes of maternal deaths is blood loss during childbirth, the UK aid department said. The Department for International Development (DFID), which has given funding for the trial due to start early next year, said the drone deliveries could assist more than 50,000 births a year i
  
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• Time-lapse footage shows baby learning how to walk unaided

  29-12-2016 13:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bluebell Cousens, from Jersey, was born with hip dysplasia - a congenital condition which causes problems moving the joint. But her mother, Sophie, 36, decided to film her walking as a keepsake.
  
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• Groups seek NY constitutional right to clean air, water

  29-12-2016 13:04
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Environmental and public policy groups in New York are calling for a state constitutional amendment that would guarantee residents a right to clean air and water.
  
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• Baby given 'handmade heart' after undergoing open heart surgery at 48 hours old

  29-12-2016 13:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vinnie Holliday, from Moseley, Birmingham, was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome while he was still in the womb. The rare defect meant when he was born with just half a heart.
  
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• How to stick to 'Dry January': 6 tricks to avoid alcohol and deal with peer pressure

  29-12-2016 12:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Simon Lenton, director of the national drug research institute at Curtin University in Perth says avoiding rounds, having good reasons and getting the support of like-minded people is key.
  
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• Harry Maceachen and dad on liver transplant

  29-12-2016 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harry, who caused chaos in the BBC Breakfast studio last year, on his vital transplant.
  
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• Breast implants being given barcodes by NHS to try and 'revolutionise' patient safety

  29-12-2016 12:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using the technology made famous in retail stores, the NHS hope to record every surgical item. Early results from six pilot hospitals suggest the scheme has the potential to save lives.
  
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• Senior GP Helen Stokes-Lampard voices fears for services

  29-12-2016 12:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A leading GP is "profoundly concerned" about how doctors will cope over the busy winter.
  
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• Breast implants are being given barcodes by the NHS in an attempt to 'revolutionise' patient safety

  29-12-2016 11:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using the technology made famous in retail stores, the NHS hope to record every surgical item. Early results from six pilot hospitals suggest the scheme has the potential to save lives.
  
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• Photograph captures moment mother discovers her baby is finally breastfeeding

  29-12-2016 11:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The elated expression on a US mother, Ashley Rockhill's, face at the moment she realised her baby was breastfeeding for the first time has been captured in a heartwarming photograph
  
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• Why you could face a four-week wait to see your GP this winter

  29-12-2016 11:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard said the delays caused by the high volume of minor ailments could be ‘life-threatening’ for patients with possible symptoms of cancer and other illnesses.
  
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• Slimmers who give themselves an ambitious goal lose twice as much as those who don't

  29-12-2016 11:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study of more than 24,000 dieters found those who set the toughest goals shed almost a fifth of their body weight - about double the amount of those who lowered the bar.
  
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• Dying of grief

  29-12-2016 11:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A broken heart is not a recognised medical condition, but there's evidence to suggest it can be fatal.
  
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• 'Don't hold it in' - Hatton on depression

  29-12-2016 09:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boxer Ricky Hatton opens up about his depression and a suicide attempt.
  
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• Breast implants and other medical items get safety barcodes

  29-12-2016 08:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barcodes are being printed on breast implants and other medical items to improve patient safety.
  
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• A new year that changed me: realising I wanted to live, and giving up heroin | Anonymous

  29-12-2016 08:30
  
  The New Year’s Eve I spent with my family when I was a junkie was horrific. But their contempt for the state I was in helped me to finally changeIt was the looks of contempt that did it. I didn’t normally spend new year with my parents and sisters, but that year I did. I had nowhere else to go really as I’d pretty much run out of friends, and time with my family seemed marginally preferable to time on my own.To be clear; this wasn’t about them, it was about me. I’d
  
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• I'm a GP: will a robot take my job in 2017?

  29-12-2016 07:00
  
  They already perform surgery, take blood and help people walk. But can robots replicate vital human interaction?Robots don’t do my job as a GP yet, but computers are definitely the third person in the room in every consultation. The computer can feel like an attention-seeking teenager, asking random questions that demand a response. A person comes in to discuss their suicidal ideas or recent cancer diagnosis and the computer flashes reminders about smear tests and flu jabs.
  But to ignore t
  
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• Art of PABLO PICASSO 'could help scientists understand how brain diseases work'

  29-12-2016 06:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SOME of the most famous artists in history may have left subtle clues to brain disease in their work, scientists have found.
  
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• The US could be vastly different a year from now. Here's how

  29-12-2016 06:00
  
  If Donald Trump and his cabinet picks have their way, our country could be quite changed at this time next yearEvery administration tries to reshape American policy to reflect its ideals. But the discrepancy between outgoing president Barack Obama and president-elect Donald Trump is especially stark. From health insurance access to abortion rights, Trump and his cabinet nominees proffer the opposite of the progressive stance that has defined the last eight years in this country.Related: Good luc
  
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